false South Africa Cern Large Hadron Collider satanic false claim Video clips show railway tunnel opening ceremony – not ‘satanic’ side of European physics project Cern
South Africa Covid-19 Coronavirus XBB variant omicron false claim Don’t believe warning about ‘different and deadly’ coronavirus ‘XBB variant’ – old false story circulating again
fake South Africa Joe Biden African National Congress ANC AI AI-generated fake video sanction south africa election meta check US president Joe Biden did not warn of South African sanctions if ruling ANC wins 2024 elections – ignore AI-generated video
South Africa false Mozambique migrants vote voting ANC south africa election meta check false claim No, video of Mozambican migrants registering for their country’s 2024 elections – not ‘imported’ to vote for South Africa’s ruling party
false South Africa solar eclipse cosmic radiation false claim Ignore solar eclipse-related hysteria – Earth protected from cosmic radiation, which decreases in regions experiencing a solar eclipse
partly false South Africa Kandadji Dam Gariep Dam uncompleted false claim Photo shows Gariep Dam in South Africa, not the Niger Republic’s uncompleted Kandadji Dam
false South Africa south africa election meta check public toilet ANC African National Congress false claim No, open public toilet not installed by South Africa’s ruling African National Congress, but from opposition-controlled City of Cape Town in 2010
fake South Africa Donald Trump uMkhonto weSizwe Artificial Intelligence AI south africa election meta check Elections AI-generated No, former US president Donald Trump has not backed South Africa’s newly formed uMkhonto weSizwe Party – video doctored
false South Africa Lira Lerato Molapo uMkhonto weSizwe south africa election meta check false claim Elections No, South African singer Lira has not joined or endorsed newly formed political party uMkhonto weSizwe